Truth is the beginning of wisdom…

Quotes To Ponder

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse [money, bounty, assistance, gifts] from the public treasury.
- Alexis de Tocqueville

From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.
- Alexander Frazer Tytler

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Archive for April 1st, 2008

So much for truth in advertising! A full-page ad in major newspapers today sponsored by the Trojan company is loaded with misinformation about the effectiveness of condoms in preventing disease. The page leads off with the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) latest report about the number of teens (one in four) who are infected with an STD.“America is not a sexually healthy nation,” the text warns.

Trojan goes and says, “We should evolve the way we approach sexual health in our country.” Not surprisingly, the company’s solution to the problem is supplying more of their product, which the ad implies would help eliminate diseases such as the human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, herpes, and trichomoniasis. Trojan and their liberal sex education allies are out to persuade Americans that condoms make sex “safe.”

Not so, says the very government agency that Trojan quotes in its ad. On HPV, the CDC’s official position on condom efficacy is entirely contrary to Trojan’s. In its report to Congress, the agency plainly states, “The available scientific evidence is not sufficient to recommend condoms as a primary prevention strategy for the prevention of genital HPV prevention.” While condoms may reduce the risk of chlamydia, herpes, and other diseases, it cannot eliminate the risk.

Let alone disease, condoms are not even a reliable method for reducing teen pregnancy. About one in every five teens using condoms becomes pregnant within one year, according to the National Survey of Family Growth. Condoms are incapable of providing the protection Trojan claims they do. Once again, the industry is proving that it cares more about profit than prevention. It continues to astound me that our society is willing to tell youth to abstain from the dangers of drinking or smoking but not premarital sex. If America is truly committed to disease prevention, and the emotional well-being of our teens, then we must be committed to abstinence – the only method that works 100% of the time.

Bottom Line: They don’t protect you … they don’t care about you … just your money!